GeForce2 MX vs ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
Aggregate performance score
We've compared Mobility Radeon HD 5650 with GeForce2 MX, including specs and performance data.
ATI Mobility HD 5650 outperforms GeForce2 MX by a whopping 13300% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1024 | 1553 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 6.32 | no data |
| Architecture | TeraScale 2 (2009−2015) | Celsius (1999−2005) |
| GPU code name | Madison | NV11 A2 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 7 January 2010 (15 years ago) | 28 June 2000 (24 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 400 | no data |
| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 175 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 650 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 627 million | 20 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 40 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 9.000 | 0.7 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.36 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | 2 |
| TMUs | 20 | 4 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | AGP 4x |
| Width | no data | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | SDR |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 32 MB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | 166 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 2.656 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x VGA |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.2 (11_0) | 7.0 |
| Shader Model | 5.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 1.2 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | N/A |
| Vulkan | N/A | N/A |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Average FPS across all PC games
Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:
| 900p | 15 | -0−1 |
| Full HD | 16 | -0−1 |
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 30−35 | 0−1 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 39 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Fortnite | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Metro Exodus | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 30−35 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 2−3 | 0−1 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 16−18 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 30−35 | 0−1 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 3−4 | 0−1 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 8−9 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 12−14 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 5−6 | 0−1 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 5−6 | 0−1 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4 | 0−1 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 3−4 | 0−1 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3 | 0−1 |
4K
High Preset
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16 | 0−1 |
| Valorant | 7−8 | 0−1 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 0−1 |
| Dota 2 | 1−2 | 0−1 |
| Far Cry 5 | 4−5 | 0−1 |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3 | 0−1 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 2−3 | 0−1 |
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.34 | 0.01 |
| Recency | 7 January 2010 | 28 June 2000 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 32 MB |
| Chip lithography | 40 nm | 180 nm |
ATI Mobility HD 5650 has a 13300% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 years, a 3100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 350% more advanced lithography process.
The Mobility Radeon HD 5650 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce2 MX in performance tests.
Be aware that Mobility Radeon HD 5650 is a notebook card while GeForce2 MX is a desktop one.
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